Stoichiometry
The main idea
1. A balanced molecular chemical equation indicates the number of each reactant required to make the products.
2. if you know how many of a particular reactant is required you can predict the amount of product produced.
Eg in the reaction
HCl + NaOH ---> h2O + NaCl
If I add 5 moles of HCl to 3 moles of NaOH for this reaction to go to completion only 3 of the 5 HCL moles available can be used.
The main idea
1. A balanced molecular chemical equation indicates the number of each reactant required to make the products.
2. if you know how many of a particular reactant is required you can predict the amount of product produced.
Eg in the reaction
HCl + NaOH ---> h2O + NaCl
If I add 5 moles of HCl to 3 moles of NaOH for this reaction to go to completion only 3 of the 5 HCL moles available can be used.